New kernel and Nvidia confusion

[Larry Hartman]

With ATI you have to recompile the driver for the new kernel if you download 
the driver directly from their website.....same issue here?

On Thursday 22 February 2007, Donn wrote:
> Hello all,
> Believe it or not, this time my question is NOT about kmail :D
>
> I use Blender and sundry GL apps and so I need my 3D nvidia to be working.
>
> Here's my Inspector Clueso ;) sleuthing:
>
> Current running kernel : Linux DDM 2.6.15-27-386
>
> Current working nvidia :
> scripts:$ apt-is-installed restricted
> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-386          install
> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-27-386          install
> linux-restricted-modules-common                 install
> (I'm not sure how to get the version number of the nvidia that's in use)
> (apt-is-installed is a script I wrote)
>
> Latest kernel made available for update : 2.6.15-28-386
> (found by ls -cr /boot and taking the numbers out)
> (I tried to find the .deb of the latest kernel upgrade, but the filename
> does not clearly specify the version number, so it's confusing. It could be
> an old deb)
>
> So - It looks like the same old issue again: I got prompted to do a kernel
> update, I did so. I have not been prompted to do an nvidia update (from
> those unsupported repos, but I always forget what repos do what.)
> The upshot is that my kernel (if I boot fresh) is 15-28 and my nvidia wants
> 15-27. Therefore I must boot via grub and choose the older kernel.
>
> Is there something devastating simple that I am totally not getting?
> Is it normal for the nvidia package to lag the kernel upgrades (seems so)?
> If so, is there any way to inform the luser (me) about the situation and
> the options?
>
> Flame On! ;)
>
> /d